World Spider Catalog

Filistatidae Simon, 1864

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the authorship of the family was first corrected from Ausserer, 1867: 140 to Simon, 1864: 95 (sub Filistatiens) by Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 55; the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this was continued in the WSC until the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276; devided in the subfamilies Filistatinae Simon, 1864 and Prithinae Gray, 1995: 80 (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 56, confirmed by Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2022: 557).

Gen. Kukulcania Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00314

type Filistata hibernalis Hentz, 1842; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Kukulcania brevipes (Keyserling, 1883) -- see Pikelinia

In synonymy:

Kukulcania capillosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) = Kukulcania tractans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 47, sub Filistata)

Kukulcania capitata (Hentz, 1842) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (Banks, 1909b: 156, sub Filistata)

Kukulcania cubaecola (Lucas, 1857) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (Banks, 1909b: 156, sub Filistata)

Kukulcania depressa (C. L. Koch, 1842) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (Keyserling, 1879: 345, sub Filistata capitata)

Kukulcania distincta (Blackwall, 1867) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 47, sub Filistata)

Kukulcania geophila wawona (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) = Kukulcania geophila (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) (Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 130)

Kukulcania isolinae (Alayón, 1972) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Alayón, 2016: 429)

Kukulcania muritelaria (Holmberg, 1876, T from Avicularia) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 153, sub Filistata)

Kukulcania tenerifensis (Wunderlich, 1992, T from Filistata) = Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 84)

Kukulcania arizonica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002579

Filistata arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 4, pl. 4, f. 24-25 (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania arizonica Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (T from Filistata)

Kukulcania arizonica Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 65, f. 2C, 7C, 27A, 28A, 29A, 30A-B, 41A-E, 42A-E, 43A-C, 44A-H (mf)

Kukulcania bajacali Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050981

Kukulcania bajacali Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 141, f. 9G, 27H, 28H, 29H, 86A-D, 87A-D, 88A-E, 89A-E (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania benita Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050980

Kukulcania benita Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 137, f. 9F, 83A-D, 84A-E, 85A-C (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania brignolii (Alayón, 1981) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002558

Filistata brignolii Alayón, 1981b: 2, f. 1-2 (Dm) Original description

Kukulcania brignolii Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 96, f. 2F, 5D, 8A, 31B, 57A-D, 58A-F, 59A-C, 50A-H (m, Df, T from Filistata)

Kukulcania chingona Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050979

Kukulcania chingona Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 127, f. 9C, 77A-F, 88A-D (Df) Original description

Kukulcania cochimi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050974

Kukulcania cochimi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 60, f. 5G, 7V, 37A-E, 38A-E, 39A-D, 40A-B (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania geophila (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002581

Filistata geophila Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 6, pl. 4, f. 22-23 (Dmf) Original description

Filistata geophila wawona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002582]

Kukulcania geophila Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (T from Filistata)

Kukulcania geophila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 130, f. 2E, 5B, 6E, 9D-E, 12A-E, 16A-I, 17A-E, 24A-F, 25A-D, 27G, 28G, 29G, 31H, 79A-E, 80A-G, 81A-F, 82A-D (mf, S of Kukulcania geophila wawona)

Kukulcania geophila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2022: 544, f. 2d, 3c (m)

Kukulcania gertschi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050975

Kukulcania gertschi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 75, f. 7D, 30C-D, 45A-E, 46A-G, 47A-C, 48A-D (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) | | USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to Canary Is., Liberia, Ascension urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002583 TYPE SPECIES

Filistata hibernalis Hentz, 1842: 227, pl. 8, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Filistata capitata Hentz, 1842: 228, pl. 8, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067089]

Teratodes depressus C. L. Koch, 1842: 103, pl. 324, f. 755 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067091]

Filistata cubaecola Lucas, 1857a: 26 [XXVI], pl. 4, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067092]

Filistata distincta Blackwall, 1867b: 202 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067093]

Filistata depressa Blackwall, 1868: 403

Mygale muritelaria Holmberg, 1876: 7 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051409]

Filistata capitata Keyserling, 1879: 345, pl. 4, f. 33 (mf, S of Filistata depressa)

Filistata capitata Simon, 1893a: 257, f. 212-215, 218-219

Filistata tractans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 290 (f; misidentified per F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 47)

Filistata hibernalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 47, pl. 3, f. 8 (mf, S of Filistata distincta)

Filistata hibernalis Emerton, 1902: 220, f. 501 (f)

Filistata hibernalis Banks, 1909b: 156 (S of Filistata capitata and F. cubaecola)

Kukulcania hibernalis Banks, 1909b: 156 (S of Kukulcania capitata)

Filistata hibernalis Comstock, 1910: 162, f. 1-2 (m)

Filistata hibernalis Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 56, f. 36-40 (mf)

Filistata hibernalis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 5, pl. 4, f. 28-30 (m)

Filistata hibernalis Comstock, 1940: 108, 294, f. 93.1-3, 279.1-3 (m)

Filistata hibernalis Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 153 (S of Mygale muritelaria)

Filistata hibernalis Gerhardt, 1944: 13, f. 8 (m)

Mygale muritelaria Roewer, 1955c: 1596 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Kukulcania hibernalis Lehtinen, 1967: 242, 432, f. 19 (m, T from Filistata)

Filistata hibernalis Abalos, 1967: 263, f. 6A-B (m)

Filistata hibernalis Alayón, 1972: 5, f. I-III, pl. I-II (m)

Filistata isolinae Alayón, 1972: 7, pl. III-IV (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002585]

Kukulcania isolinae Alayón, 1975: 2 (T from Filistata)

Filistata hibernalis Paik, 1978e: 96, f. 11.1-3 (m)

Filistata capito Forster & Gray, 1979: 1061, f. 23-24 (lapsus for K. h., per Forster pers. comm. to Platnick)

Filistata hibernalis Song, 1980: 63, f. 33 (m)

Filistata hibernalis Zhu & Shi, 1985: 24, f. 30 (m)

Kukulcania hibernalis Lehtinen, 1986: 151, f. 2, 4-6 (f)

Filistata hibernalis Forster, Platnick & Gray, 1987: 92, f. 331, 386

Filistata hibernalis Zhang, 1987: 30, f. 26 (m)

Filistata hibernalis Heimer, 1990: 4, f. 6 (m)

Filistata tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 317, f. 138-140 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002574]

Kukulcania hibernalis Breene et al., 1993: 52, f. 7A-B (m)

Kukulcania hibernalis Gray, 1995: 83, f. 18, 24 (mf)

Kukulcania hibernalis Ramírez & Grismado, 1997: 348, f. 1, 4, 7, 107-111 (mf)

Filistata hibernalis Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 25, f. 1-3 (m)

Kukulcania hibernalis Griswold et al., 2005: 27, f. 166D, 167D (m)

Kukulcania hibernalis Ramírez & Grismado, 2008: 80, f. 1, 3, 6, 10, 14 (mf)

Kukulcania hibernalis Gómez-Rodríguez & Salazar, 2012: 3, f. I.8A-D (f)

Kukulcania hibernalis Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 311, f. 1D-F, 2D-F, 3B (mf)

Kukulcania hibernalis Ramírez, 2014: 213, f. 141E (m)

Kukulcania hibernalis Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Alayón, 2016: 429 (S of Kukulcania isolinae)

Kukulcania hibernalis Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 44, f. 1A-C, 6A-B, 7A, 10A-F, 11A-D, 13A-F, 18A-D, 19A-H, 20A-D, 21A-F, 26A-F, 32A-G, 33A-F, 34A-B,D-E, 35A-D, 36A-D (mf)

Kukulcania hibernalis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 84, f. 28A-H (mf, S of Filistata tenerifensis)

Kukulcania hibernalis Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2022: 539, f. 1f, 4c (f)

Kukulcania hibernalis Sherwood, Questel & Sharp, 2023: 206, f. 1-5 (m)

Kukulcania hurca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002584

Filistata hurca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 3 (Df) Original description

Kukulcania hurca Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (T from Filistata)

Kukulcania hurca Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 87, f. 2A, 5F, 6D, 7F, 14A-J, 22A-F, 27C, 28C, 29C, 31A, 53A-D, 54A-I, 55A-F, 56A-H (Dm, f)

Kukulcania mexicana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050976

Kukulcania mexicana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 103, f. 8B, 31C, 61A-F, 62A-H, 63A-C, 64A-E (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania santosi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Probably introduced to Peru, Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050977

Kukulcania brevipes Brescovit & Santos, 2013: 302, f. 1A-C, 2A-C, 3A, 4A-B, 5A-F, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-C (mf; misidentified per Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 109)

Kukulcania santosi Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 109, f. 1F-H, 5E, 6C, 8C, 27D, 28D, 29D, 31D, 65A-F, 66A-E, 67A-D, 68A-E (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania tequila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050978

Kukulcania tequila Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 121, f. 2D, 9B, 27F, 28F, 29F, 31F-G, 73A-H, 74A-H, 75A-D, 76A-F (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania tractans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002586

Filistata tractans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 183, pl. 23, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Filistata capillosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 289, pl. 32, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067094]

Filistata tractans F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 47, pl. 3, f. 9 (mf, S of Filistata capillosa)

Kukulcania tractans Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (T from Filistata)

Filistata tractans Gertsch, 1979: 90, f. 3A, C (mf)

Kukulcania tractans Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 115, f. 2H-I, 5A, 6F, 9A, 15A-K, 23A-F, 27E, 28E, 29E, 31E, 69A-E, 70A-F, 71A-D,F, 72A-B (mf)

Kukulcania utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002587

Filistata utahana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 5, pl. 4, f. 26-27 (Dmf) Original description

Kukulcania utahana Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (T from Filistata)

Kukulcania utahana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2019: 80, f. 5C, 7E, 27B, 28B, 29B, 49A-D,F-G, 50A-L, 51A-D, 52A-F (mf)